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OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T K. E. RANDALL AND L. GAST, OF SAME PLACE.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fatent No. 288,527, dated November13,

Be it knownthat I, J oHNsoN S. Warren, of Prospect, in the county ofMarion and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement inGar-Couplings; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention is an improved coupling for railway-cars. The object of itis to effect the coupling of the cars without requiring the attendant tostand between, either for the In the accompanying drawings, Figure l isan end elevation of the car with the coupling attached. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the coupling as applied to the car. Fig. 3 is In thedrawings, A represents an ordinary bunter or draw-head. Below it ishinged a guide-plate, B. It is made with a curved end, a, as shown inFig. 2, which curved end link to the opening in the draw-head. The rearpart of the plate is preferably cut away or formed so as to leave twoarms, I) b, which are hinged upon arod, c, in two vertical arms,

bar, d, of an iron frame, D, the bar cZ being bolted to the front of thecar-frame. The iron frame D is composed of a front bar, 6, twocross-pieces, f f, at the ends, and two in terior slotted cross-pieces,g 9, all extending from the front to the rear bar. Through the slots inthe bars 9 g are passed arms h h, fixed to a pin-carrier, H. The lowerends of the arms h are pivoted to the arms of the guideplate by a rod,t. 011 the upper side of the pin-carrier, at each end, is an ear, is, inwhich is inserted the inner end of a lever, K. These levers (there beingone on each side preferably) are pivoted in the upper ends of standofthe levers extend outside of the car, or far enough to be within easyreach of the operator without requiring him to go between the cars. Theparts are so adjusted that when the pin-carrier is down upon thecross-bars g the guide-plate for the link hangs directly down underneaththe draw-head, and by depressionof either one of the levers the guidecan be raised.

In order to provide for raising the guide when the operator is upon theplatform of the car, I have provided a bell-crank lever, L. This isattached to the inner ends of the levers K, or to any suitable part ofthe pin-carrier, so that the operator may raise the carrier and theguide by pulling back the upper end of the bell-crank lever. This leveris pivoted upon the upper end of a standard, a, set in the cross-bar (Z.with a hole or slot, 2, so that the pin can be passed down and hung byits head in the slot. hen, therefore, the pin-carrier is raised, itlifts the pin from the cavity of the draw-head and allows the link toenter. At the same time the guide lifts the link and directsv it intothe draw-head, and at that moment the operator releases the lever, whichallows the guide and pin-holder to drop, dropping also the pin into itshole and connecting the link.

The apparatus as constructed is complete, and may be applied to anyordinary drawhead and car by simply bolting the crossbar cl to the endof thecar, as heretofore described.

The pin-carrier is formed The form and construction of the frame may tothe pivoted lever and to the said guard,

and adapted to operate substantially as described.

3. The frame adapted to be bolted to the front end of the car, andhaving slotted cross- In testimony whereof I have signed my IO pieces99, the pin-carrier having arms pass name to this specification in thepresence of ing through the slotted pieces 9 g, the pivtwo subscribingWitnesses.

oted guide connected to said ar1ns,a nd the 5 levers connected to thepin-carrier, all as set J. S. WVAUGH. forth.

4. In a car-coupling, the pin-carrier hav- Witnesses: v ing a slot toreceive and hold the pin, in com- 0. A. LARCOMB,

bination with the lever L and connecting-rod. P. R. KERR.

